2-20-13

9:00am

Beef jerky is so expensive to buy and that

is why I make my own.

I made all this for $6.71.

 I start out with a package of marked down meat.

Then in a tray I mixed up bbq sauce,

liquid smoke, garlic & onion powder.

1 pkg meat $4.13

1 pkg meat $2.58

   

Cut off any excess fat and cut meat into small strips.

  

Using wax or freezer paper pound out

each strip of meat with a mallot.

Once done coat pieces of meat with sauce mixture.

I dipped the meat with my fingers

making sure to get the sauce into

all the nooks and crannies.

Neighbors probably thought I was adding

a room addition to the house with

all the pounding noise! 

I ended up with 5 trays in the dehydrator.

I think a bag of beef jerky has probably

less meat in it than one of these trays

and costs about $6 or more.   

These taste much better than the store bought

version which can be really tough to chew

and not as flavorful. 

4:20pm


Working on an easy supper of chili bowls.
I took a can of grands biscuits and cut
each biscuit in half to make 16 biscuits.
I then pressed each of those biscuits
over the backside of a cupcake pan
every other one so they don't bake into one another.
Next I'll warm up a can(s) of no bean chili
in a small pot.  Once warmed through
I will then fill the biscuit bowls with chili
and top with cheese and diced onions.
Any leftovers I can put in the freezer for another meal.

 I didn't have enough chili left over to fill
the remaining 8 biscuit bowls so I made breakfast bowls
out of them.  I added a fried egg in the bottom, ranch dressing,
topped with a piece of ham and cheddar cheese.
I'll warm these in the microwave tomorrow
morning for everyone for breakfast.